Instant bathing equipment and operating method thereof

ABSTRACT

An instant bathing equipment comprises a bathtub having a bathing room; a controlling means to generate an entrance formed on a bathing room to make a user enter the bathtub and close the bathtub; an isolating means to separate a store space in the bathing room so as to store water and to make the user enter a washing chamber from the entrance, the store space and the washing chamber communicating with each other so that water in the store space flows to the washing chamber, such that the bathing room is filled with water in a short time.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an instant bathing equipment whichdecreases water feeding time to make a user have an instant bath withoutwaiting.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Conventional bathing equipment includes a movable door disclosed in CNPat. Nos. 2717362Y, 2730291Y, and 2834396Y, CN Publication Nos.200963096Y, 200980615Y, 201088508Y, and 201088509Y.

However, such a movable door of the bathing equipment will make water inthe bathtub leak outward as it is opened to let a user enter thebathtub.

The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate theafore-described disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an instantbathing equipment which decreases water feeding time to make a user havean instant bath without waiting.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an instant bathingequipment which lowers a water flowing impact on body.

An instant bathing equipment in accordance with the present inventioncomprises:

a bathtub having a bathing room;

a controlling means to generate an entrance formed on a bathing room tomake a user enter the bathtub and close the bathtub;

an isolating means to separate a store space in the bathing room so asto store water and to make the user enter a washing chamber from theentrance, the store space and the washing chamber communicating witheach other so that water in the store space flows to the washingchamber, such that the bathing room is filled with water in a shorttime;

wherein the controlling means includes an opening communicating with thebathing room and a first door disposed in the opening, the first door isoperated to move between a first and a second positions; when the firstdoor is located at the first position, the opening is sealed to closethe entrance, and when the first door is located at the second position,the opening is opened to generate the entrance;

wherein the isolating means includes a second door mounted in thebathing room, the second door is operated to move between a third and afourth positions; when the second door is located at the third position,the bathing room is separated to form a store space and a washingchamber; and when the second door is located at the fourth position, thestore space and the washing chamber are released to communicate witheach other.

An operating method of instant bathing equipment in accordance with thepresent invention comprises:

a. separating a bathing room of a bathtub to a store space and a washingchamber, wherein the bathing room is in communication with an entranceallowing to be opened and closed to make a user enter;

b. feeding water to a predetermined level in the store space;

c. keeping the entrance open so that the user enters the entrance andthen closes it;

d. closing the entrance or releasing the separated bathing room tocommunicate the store space and the washing chamber with each other soas to flow the water in the store space to the washing chamber, suchthat the bathing room is filled with water in a short time to make auser have an instant bath;

wherein the entrance is disposed at a predetermined position of thebathtub relative to a side wall of the bathing room;

wherein the entrance is opened and closed by moving a first door;

wherein the store space and the bathing room are separated apart fromand communicated with each other by moving a second door;

wherein the first door is moved by manual operation;

wherein the second door is moved by manual operation;

wherein the first door is moved by using an electrical driving device;

wherein the second door is moved by using the electrical driving device;

wherein the electrical driving device is started or stopped by using acontrol device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instant bathingequipment, a controlling means to close an entrance, and an isolatingmeans to separate an bating room in accordance with a first embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the exploded components of theinstant bathing equipment in accordance with the first embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view showing a side wall on one side of anopening having a longitudinal groove in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view showing the side wall on another side of theopening, the controlling means, and the insolating means in accordancewith the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the first door and an electricaldriving device in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing the opening and the firstdoor being located at a first position in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing the opening and the firstdoor being located at a second position in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the assembly of the electricaldriving device in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 9 is partial cross sectional view showing the one side of theopening in accordance with the second embodiment of the presentinvention and the electrical driving device disposed in the longitudinalgroove in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a partial cross sectional view showing one side of areceiving segment in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the first door and the electricaldriving device in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 12 is a cross sectional view showing the receiving segment and thesecond door located at a third position in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a cross sectional view showing the second door located at afourth position in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 14 is a cross sectional view showing the second door beingretracted downward and a releasing doorway being opened to generate anoutlet in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is an amplified view of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the assembly of the electricaldriving device being applied in the isolating means in accordance withthe first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing the side wall on one side of thereceiving segment and the longitudinal groove and related structure inthe side wall in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 18 is an amplified view of FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 a is a perspective view showing the second door separating thebathing room and the first door being opened to generate the entrance inaccordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 b is a perspective view showing water being stored to apredetermined level in the store space and the user entering to thebathing room from the entrance in accordance with the first embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 19 c is a perspective view showing the entrance being closed sothat the user has a bath in the bathing room in accordance with thefirst embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 d is a perspective view showing the separated second door beingreleased so that water in the store room flows to and filled with thebathing room to make the user have a bath in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 a is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instantbathing equipment, a first door located at a first position and a seconddoor located at a third position in accordance with a second embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 20 b is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door and the second door being expanded inaccordance with the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 c is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at a second position and thesecond door located at a fourth position in accordance with the secondembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 21 a is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instantbathing equipment, a first door located at a first position and a seconddoor located at a fourth position in accordance with a third embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 21 b is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at a second position and thesecond door located at a third position in accordance with the thirdembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 22 a is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instantbathing equipment, a first door located at a first position and a seconddoor located at a fourth position in accordance with a fourth embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 22 b is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at a second position and thesecond door located at a third position in accordance with the fourthembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 23 a is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instantbathing equipment, a first door located at a first position and a seconddoor located at a third position in accordance with a fifth embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 23 b is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment and the operation of the first and the second doors inaccordance with the fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 23 c is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at a second position and thesecond door located at a fifth position in accordance with the fifthembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 24 a is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instantbathing equipment, a first door located at a first position and a seconddoor located at a third position in accordance with a sixth embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 24 b is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment and the operation of the first and the second doors inaccordance with the sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 24 c is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at a second position and thesecond door located at a fourth position in accordance with the sixthembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 25 a is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instantbathing equipment, a first door located at a second position and asecond door located at a third position in accordance with a seventhembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 25 b is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment and the operation of the first and the second doors inaccordance with the seventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 25 c is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at a first position and thesecond door located at a fourth position in accordance with the seventhembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 26 a is a perspective view showing the assembly of an instantbathing equipment, a first door located at a first position and a seconddoor located at a third position in accordance with an eighth embodimentof the present invention;

FIG. 26 b is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at a second position and thesecond door located at the third position in accordance with the eighthembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 26 c is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment and the operation of the second door in accordancewith the eighth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 26 d is a perspective view showing the assembly of the instantbathing equipment, the first door located at the first position and thesecond door located at the fourth position in accordance with the eighthembodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention will be clearer from the following descriptionwhen viewed together with the accompanying drawings, which show, forpurpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment in accordancewith the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1-2, an instant bathing equipment and operatingmethod thereof according to a first embodiment of the present inventioncomprises a bathtub 10, a controlling means a and an isolating means b.

The bathtub 10 includes a bathing room 101, a side wall 11 formedtherearound, and a bottom wall 12 connected with the side wall 11 andhaving a raised saddle 13 to be sat by a user disposed on a top surfaceof the bottom wall 12.

The controlling means a includes an entrance 102 formed on a bathingroom 101 to make the user enter the bathtub 10 as shown in FIG. 19 a andclose the bathtub 10 as illustrated in FIG. 19 c. The controlling meansa further includes an opening 21, an engaging element 22, a first door23, an electrical driving device 24, and a control device 25, as shownin FIGS. 3 and 4; wherein

the opening 21 is mounted on a suitable position of the side wall 11 ofthe bathtub 10 and includes a lateral groove 211 arranged on a bottomthereof, includes two longitudinal slots 212 fixed on two sides thereofrespectively, and the side wall 11 includes a longitudinal groove 213communicating with the longitudinal slot 212, and the longitudinalgroove 213 also communicates with a lengthwise recess 214 adjacent tothe longitudinal slot 212. The opening 21 is located at one side of thesaddle 13 of the bathtub 10.

The engaging element 22 is disposed on an inner side of the lengthwiserecess 214 of the opening 21, wherein the engaging element 22 is a rackand coupled to the inner side of the lengthwise recess 214 and includesa plurality of teeth 221.

The first door 23, as shown in FIGS. 5-7, is operated to move between afirst and a second positions, wherein as the first door 23 is located atthe first position, the opening 21 is sealed to close the entrance 102,and as the first door 23 is located at the second position, the opening21 is opened to generate the entrance 102. The first door 23 is designedin a foldable type to be expand or retracted vertically and includes aplurality of vanes 231 arranged vertically, a number of curved portions232 spaced apart from each other, and a top plate member 233 attached onan uppermost curved portion 232, each of the curved portions 232includes two shafts 232 a extending from two sides thereof to insert tothe longitudinal slots 212 and to move vertically. A lowermost curvedportion 232 is connected to a bottom surface of the lateral groove 211,such that as the first door 23 is located at the first position, theopening 21 is sealed to close the entrance 102, as illustrated in FIG.19 c, and a top surface of the plate member 233 flushes with the sidewall 11 so that the plate member 233 and the side wall 11 are connectedwith each other to form a plane. As the first door 23 is pressed, thevanes 231 are retracted downward until the plate member 233 covers thelateral groove 211 so that the first door 23 moves to the secondposition and on an upper side of the plate member 233 generates theentrance 102 as shown in FIG. 19 a. Likewise, as the first door 23 ispulled upward, the vanes 231 are expanded upward until the top surfaceof the plate member 233 connects with a top surface of the side wall 11to return to the first position.

The electrical driving device 24, as shown in FIGS. 8-9, is a drivingmotor to be received in the longitudinal groove 213 of the opening 21,and includes a holder 241 having a fitting hole 241 a to insert theshaft 232 a of the uppermost curved portion 232. The driving motorincludes an output shank 242 to be inserted to the longitudinal groove213 and having a gear 242 a to mesh with the teeth 221 of the engagingelement 22, such that as the driving motor is started to operate, theuppermost curved portion 232 is actuated by the output shank 242 and theengaging element 22 moves vertically so that the first door 23 isretracted downward to the first position or expanded upward to thesecond position.

The control device 25, as illustrated in FIG. 4, is used to start orstop the electrical driving device 24 and electrically connected with atouch, remote, or sound-controlling switch of the electrical drivingdevice 24. The control device 25 includes a first touch switch 251 and asecond touch switch 252 proximate to the top surface of the side wall 11so as to be controlled by the user easily, wherein the first and thesecond touch switches 251, 252 are pressed to turn on/ff the drivingmotor to prevent the first touch switch 251 from being touchedcarelessly to turn on the driving motor, thereby obtaining safety.

The isolating means b is applied to separate a specific space in thebathing room 101 to store water, e.g., a store space 103 to store warmwater and to make the user enter a washing chamber 104 from the entrance102 easily as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, and 19 a. Furthermore, thestore space 103 and the washing chamber 104 allow to communicate witheach other as shown in FIG. 19 d so that water in the store space 103flows to the washing chamber 104, such that the bathing room 101 isfilled with water in a short time. The controlling means b furtherincludes a receiving segment 31, an engaging element 32, a second door33, an electrical driving device 34, and a control device 35, wherein

the receiving segment 31 is located between ⅓ and ½ of the bathing room101 to prevent from installing the opening 21 additionally and includesa lateral groove 311 formed on a bottom surface thereof, twolongitudinal slots 312 disposed on two sides thereof respectively, alongitudinal slot 313 communicating with the longitudinal slots 312 anda vertical notch 314 adjacent to the longitudinal slots 312.

The engaging element 32 is installed on one side of the longitudinalslot 312 and is a rack to be coupled to an inner wall of thelongitudinal slots 312 and includes a plurality of teeth 321 arrangedvertically.

The second door 33 of a second embodiment of the present invention, asillustrated in FIGS. 11-13, is operated to move between a third and afourth positions. As the second door 33 is at the third position, thebathing room 101 is separated to form the store space 103 and thewashing chamber 104. The second door 33 is designed in a verticallyexpandable or downward retractable type, the retractable door includes aplurality of vertical vanes 331, a number of curved portions 332 betweenan uppermost vane 331 and a lowermost vane 331, and a top plate member333 on the uppermost curved portion 332, wherein each of the curvedportions 332 includes two shafts 332 a extending from two ends thereofand inserting to the longitudinal slots 312 to move. The lowermostcurved portion 332 is connected to one side of a bottom of the lateralgroove 311 such that as the second door 33 is located at the thirdposition to expand as shown in FIGS. 12 and 19 a, the bathing room 101is separated to form the store space 103 and the washing chamber 104,and a top surface of the plate member 333 flushes with a top surface ofthe side wall 11, and the plate member 333 and the side wall 11 areconnected together to generate a plane. When the second door 33 ispressed, the vanes 331 are retracted downward until the plate 333 coversthe lateral groove 311 so that the second door 33 is moved to the fourthposition as illustrated in FIGS. 13 and 19 d, and the store space 103and the washing chamber 104 communicate with each other. Likewise, whenthe second door 33 is retracted upward, the vanes 331 are expandedupward until the top surface of the plate member 333 contacts with thetop surface of the side wall 11 to return the third position.

The second door 33 also includes a releasing doorway 334 opened towardthe store space 103 as illustrated in FIGS. 14, 15 to form an outlet335, wherein as the second door 33 expands to the third position, thereleasing doorway 334 is closed and retracts toward the fourth positionwith the second door 33, such that the releasing doorway 334 rotatestoward the store space 103 along the curved portion 332 to form theoutlet 335.

The electrical driving device 34, as shown in FIGS. 16-18, is a drivingmotor and is received in the longitudinal groove 313 of the receivingsegment 31. The electrical driving device 34 includes a holder 341having a sliding block 341 a to slide vertically along the verticalnotch 314, includes an output shank 342 having a gear 342 a to beinserted to the longitudinal slots 312 and to engage with the teeth 321of the engaging element 32. The output shank 342 includes a fitting hole342 a on a free end thereof so that the shaft 332 a of the uppermostcurved portion 332 inserts to the longitudinal slots 312, such that asthe driving motor operates, the output shank 342 and the engagingelement 32 engage with each other to actuate the uppermost curvedportion 332 of the second door 33 to move vertically along the engagingelement 32 so that the second door 33 is retracted downward or expandedupward to move at the third position and the fourth position.

The control device 35, as illustrated in FIG. 4, is used to start orstop the electrical driving device 34 and selectively connected with atouch, remote, or sound-controlling switch of the electrical drivingdevice 34. The control device 35 includes a third touch switch 351 and afourth touch switch 351, and is disposed to a top surface of the sidewall 11 so as to be controlled easily, wherein when the user presses thethird and the fourth switches 351, 352, the driving motor is turnedon/off. Beside, the driving motor is not turned on as the user touchesthe third switch 351 carelessly to obtain a safety. It is to be notedthat the fourth and the second switches 352, 252 are the same switch.

Referring to FIGS. 12, 13, the receiving segment 31 includes a vent 311fixed on a bottom surface of the lateral groove 311 and having a plug311 b to be opened to release water in the lateral groove 311, whereinthe plug 311 b is turned on/off in an electrically controlling manner.

The operating steps of the instant bathing equipment include:

a. applying the isolating means b as shown in FIG. 19 a, wherein thebathing room 101 of the bathtub 10 is separated to form the store space103 and the washing chamber 104.

In other words, the controlling device 35 of the isolating means b istouched, e.g., the third touch switch 351 and the fourth touch switch352 are touched by the user (as illustrated in FIG. 4) to start theelectrical driving device 34 so that the second door 33 is expendedupward to separate the bathing room 101, hence on one side of the seconddoor 33 forms the store space 103, and on another side thereof forms thewashing chamber 104.

b. feeding water to the store space 103 as shown in FIG. 19 b, whereinthe user allows to enter the washing chamber 104 or prepare clothesfreely during feeding water.

c. keeping the entrance 102 open or applying the controlling means a toopen the entrance 102, wherein the user passes the opened entrance 102again to enter it as illustrated in FIG. 19 d, and then he closes theentrance 102 by ways of the controlling means a as illustrated in FIG.19 c.

The user can identify whether the entrance 102 is opened or not. If theentrance is not open, he touches the control device 25 by using thecontrolling means a, e.g., the first and the second touch switches 251,252, to actuate the electrical driving device 24 so that the first door23 is retracted downward to generate the entrance 102, such that theuser allows to pass across the entrance 102 to enter the washing chamber104 and then stands or sits on the saddle 13. Thereafter, the first andthe second touch switches 251, 252 are touched to expand the first door23 upward, thereby closing the entrance 102.

d. applying the isolating means b to communicate the store space 103 andthe washing chamber 104, as illustrated in FIG. 19 d, wherein the storespace 103 is in communication with the washing chamber 104 to flow thewater in the store space 103 to the washing chamber 104, such that thebathing room 101 is filled with water in a short time.

It is to be noted that when the second door 33 is retracted downward,the vane 331 of the releasing doorway 334 automatically swings towardthe store space 103 by rotating with the vane 331 axially to generatethe outlet 335 as shown in FIGS. 14, 15, hence one part of water in thestore space 103 flows into the washing chamber 104 through the outlet335. Thereby, the user can have an instant bath because of sufficientwater in the bathtub without waiting for feeding water. It is to benoted that the first and the second doors 23, 33 can be operatedmanually as well.

With reference to FIGS. 20 a-20 c, an instant bathing equipmentaccording to a second embodiment of the present invention is designed ina laterally expandable and retractable type, wherein one ends of thefirst door 23 and the second door 33 are installed to the opening 21 andthe receiving segment 31 individually, such that when a movable end ofthe first door 23 is expanded horizontally to the first position, theentrance 102 is closed, and when the first door 23 is retractedlaterally to the second position, the entrance 12 generates. Likewise,when a movable end of the second door 33 is expanded horizontally to thethird position, the bathing room 101 is separated, and when the seconddoor 33 is retracted laterally to the fourth position, the separatedbathing room 101 is released.

Referring to FIGS. 21 a-21 b, an instant bathing equipment according toa third embodiment of the present invention comprises a first door 23and a second door 33 designed in an non-foldable type, the first door 23includes one side connected axially to the opening 21, and the seconddoor 33 includes one side installed in the receiving segment 31 so thatthe first and the second doors 23, 33 are rotated axially, such thatwhen a movable end of the first door 23 is rotated outward to the firstposition, the entrance 102 is opened, and when it is rotated to thesecond position, the entrance 102 is closed. Likewise, when a movableend of the second door 33 is rotated to the third position, the bathingroom 101 is separated, and when the second door 33 is rotated to thefourth position, the separated bathing room 101 is released.

As shown in FIGS. 22 a-22 b, an instant bathing equipment according to afourth embodiment of the present invention includes a first door 23disposed on a bottom end of the opening 21, and includes a second door33 mounted on a bottom end of the receiving segment 31 so that the firstand the second doors 23, 33 are turned upward and downward, wherein as amovable end of the first door 23 is turned outward, the entrance 102generates, and an inner wall of the first door 23 provides an anti-leakpatterns to be stepped by the user safely.

As illustrated in FIGS. 23 a-23 c, an instant bathing equipmentaccording to a fifth embodiment of the present invention includes afirst and a second doors 23, 33 designed in a non-foldable type, whereinthe second door 33 is flexible and moved laterally. The side wall 11 ofthe opening 21 includes a cavity 215 to move the first door 23, suchthat when the first door 23 is moved to the first position, the entrance102 is closed, and when the first door 23 is moved to the secondposition, the entrance 102 is retracted in the cavity 215. Likewise, theside wall 11 of the receiving segment 31 includes a cavity 315 to movethe second door 33 horizontally, such that as the second door 33 is moveto the third position, the bathing room 101 is separated, and when thesecond door 33 is move to the fourth position, the separated bathingroom 101 is released to be retracted in the cavity 315.

As illustrated in FIGS. 24 a-24 c, an instant bathing equipmentaccording to a sixth embodiment of the present invention includesflexible first and second doors 23, and cavities 315 secured in theopening 21 and the bottom wall 12 of the receiving segment 31 to receivethe first and second doors 23, 33, such that when the first door 23 ismoved to the first position, the entrance 102 is closed, and when thefirst door 23 is moved to the second position, the entrance 102 isretracted in the cavity 215. Likewise, as the second door 33 is moved tothe third position, the bathing room 101 is separated, and when thesecond door 33 is moved to the fourth position, the separated bathingroom 101 is released to be retracted in the cavity 315.

As illustrated in FIGS. 25 a-25 c, an instant bathing equipmentaccording to a seventh embodiment of the present invention includes aflexible sharing door 41 proximate to two opposite first and second ends411, 412 so as to form a first door 23 and a second door 33 facing toeach other. In other words, between a bottom end of the opening 21 and abottom end of the receiving segment 31 is defined a cavity 42 so thatthe sharing door 41 moves along the cavity 42, the opening 21, and thereceiving segment 31, such that as first door 23 is moved to the secondposition, the entrance 102 is formed, and the second door 33 issimultaneously moved to the third position to separate the bathing room101 so as to define the store space 103 and the washing chamber 104,hence the user can use the store space 103 to store water, and then thefull water flows to the washing chamber 104. Thereafter, as the seconddoor 33 move to the fourth position, the first door 32 is simultaneouslymoved to the first position to close the entrance 102, thereby having abath in the bathing room 101.

It is to be noted that the first and second doors 23, 33 are comprisedof one portions of the two opposite ends of the sharing door 41,therefore the first and second doors 23, 33 are moved with each other,and an upward moving travel of the first door 23 is equal to a downwardmoving travel of the second door 33. Likewise, a downward moving travelof the first door 23 is equal to an upward moving travel of the seconddoor 33, such that as the second door 33 moves downward to apredetermined height, the first door 23 moves upward to a specificheight equivalent to the downward moving height of the second door 33 toclose the entrance 102. Besides, a cross sectional area of the washingchamber 104 is more than or equal to that of the store space 103 so asto keep the water which flows from the store space 103 in the washingchamber 104, thus shortening operating time.

As illustrated in FIGS. 26 a-26 d, an instant bathing equipmentaccording to a eighth embodiment of the present invention includesflexible first and second doors 23, 33 comprised of a sharing door 51,wherein the sharing door is moved in an annular path, and the annularpath is formed in a rectangle, circle, or ellipse shape. In thisembodiment, the annular path is a circle and comprised of the opening21, the receiving segment 31, and internal vacancies 521, 522communicating with each other, wherein the vacancy 521 is located at theside wall 11 on a left side of the opening 21, and the vacancy 522 islocated at the side wall 11 on a right side of the opening 21, hence thesharing door 51 slides along the vacancy 522, the receiving segment 31,the vacancy 521, and the opening 21 to define an annular path, whereinas two ends of the sharing door 51 are located at two sides of thevacancy 522, one portion of the sharing door 51 relative to the opening21 and the receiving segment 31 forms the first door 23 located at thefirst position and the second door 33 located at the third position toclose the entrance 102 and to separate the bathing room 101 as shown inFIG. 26 a. Furthermore, as the sharing door 51 moves to the vacancies521, 522, the first door 23 is moved to the second position to open theentrance 102, and the second door 33 remain separated so as to feedwater, such that the user allows to enter the washing chamber 104 fromthe entrance 102 as illustrated in FIG. 26 b. When the sharing door 51moves to the vacancies 521, 522 anti-clockwise, the separated seconddoor 33 is released as shown in FIG. 26 c so that the first door 23remains at the first position to make the user have a bath asillustrated in FIG. 26 d.

It is to be noted that the first door 23 of the eighth embodiment of thepresent invention is comprised of opposite portions of the sharing door51 of the opening 21, and the second door 33 is comprised of oppositeportions of the sharing door 51 of the receiving segment 31, and thefirst and the second doors 23, 33 are not comprised of fixed portions ofthe sharing door 51. For example, as the first door 23 is located at thefirst or second position, the second door 33 is located at the thirdposition as shown in FIGS. 26 a and 25 b, but the second door 33 iscomprised of two different portions of the sharing door 51. Likewise, asthe second door 33 is located at the third or fourth position, the firstdoor 23 is located at the first position as illustrated in FIGS. 26 aand 26 d, but the first door 23 is comprised of two different portionsof the sharing door 51.

It is to be noted that a moving length of the receiving segment 31 ismore than that of the opening 21, accordingly the largest length of thesharing door 51 is less than that of the opening 21, such that thelargest length of the sharing door 51 is at least less than a valuewhich is an annular moving path to decrease the moving path of thereceiving segment 31 so that as the first door is located at the firstposition, the second door 33 is located at the fourth position to bereleased. Likewise, a smallest length of the sharing door 51 is at leastmore than a value which is a moving path of the receiving segment 31 toadd the moving path of the opening 21 and the moving path of the vacancy521 so that the first and the second doors 23, 33 are located at thefirst and the third positions respectively, such that before theseparated door 33 is released, the first door 23 closes the entrance 102to prevent water from flowing outward from the entrance 102, thus havingan easy bath.

While we have shown and described various embodiments in accordance withthe present invention, it is clear to those skilled in the art thatfurther embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of thepresent invention.

1. An instant bathing equipment comprising a bathtub having a bathingroom; a controlling means to generate an entrance formed on a bathingroom to make a user enter and close the bathtub; an isolating means toseparate a store space in the bathing room so as to store water and tomake the user enter a washing chamber from the entrance, the store spaceand the washing chamber communicating with each other so that water inthe store space flows to the washing chamber, such that the bathing roomis filled with water in a short time.
 2. The instant bathing equipmentas claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling means includes an openingcommunicating with the bathing room and a first door disposed in theopening, the first door is operated to move between a first and a secondpositions; when the first door is located at the first position, theopening is sealed to close the entrance, and when the first door islocated at the second position, the opening is opened to generate theentrance.
 3. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 1,wherein the isolating means includes a second door mounted in thebathing room, the second door is operated to move between a third and afourth positions; when the second door is located at the third position,the bathing room is separated to form a store space and a washingchamber; and when the second door is located at the fourth position, thestore space and the washing chamber are released to communicate witheach other.
 4. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 2,wherein the first door is designed in a foldable type, and a bottom endof the first door is fixed to a bottom side of the opening, and a topend thereof is expended upward to the first position or retracteddownward to the second position.
 5. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 4, wherein the controlling means further includes anelectrical driving device to expend the first door upward to the firstposition or to retract the first door to the second position.
 6. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the electricaldriving device is a driving motor secured on one side of the top end ofthe first door; the opening includes an engaging element to engage withthe driving motor so that the driving motor is driven to move verticallyalong the engaging element, and the first door is actuated to expend andretract vertically.
 7. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim6, wherein the controlling means further includes a control device tostart or stop the driving motor.
 8. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 7, wherein the control device is electrically connectedwith a touch switch of the electrical deriving device.
 9. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the control device is aremote switch.
 10. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 7,wherein the control device is a sound-controlling switch.
 11. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first dooris designed in a foldable type, and one side of the first door is fixedto the opening, and another side thereof is laterally expended to thefirst position or retracted to the second position.
 12. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein one side of the firstdoor is rotated axially to the first and the second positions.
 13. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bathtubfurther includes a side wall and a bottom wall connected with the sidewall to define the bathing room, the first door moves along an innerside of the side wall and the opening horizontally toward the first andthe second positions.
 14. The instant bathing equipment as claimed inclaim 2, wherein the bathtub further includes the side wall and thebottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathing room, thefirst door moves along an outer side of the side wall and the openinghorizontally toward the first and the second positions.
 15. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bathtub furtherincludes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wallto define the bathing room, the first door moves along two ends of theouter side of the side wall and two sides of the opening toward thefirst and the second positions.
 16. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 2, wherein the bathtub further includes the side walland the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathingroom, the first door moves along the outer side of the side wall and thetwo sides of the opening toward the first and the second positions. 17.The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein the firstdoor is operated manually to move between the first and the secondpositions.
 18. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 2,wherein the controlling means further includes the electrical drivingdevice to drive the first door to move between the first and the secondpositions.
 19. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 18,wherein the controlling means further includes the control device toturn on or turn off the electrical driving device.
 20. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 19, wherein the control device iselectrically connected with a touch switch of the electrical drivingdevice.
 21. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 19,wherein the control device is a remote switch.
 22. The instant bathingequipment as claimed in claim 19, wherein the control device is asound-controlling switch.
 23. The instant bathing equipment as claimedin claim 3, wherein the second door is designed in a foldable type, anda bottom end of the second door is fixed to a bottom surface of thebottom wall, and a top end thereof is expended upward to the thirdposition or retracted downward to the fourth position.
 24. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 23, wherein the isolating meansfurther includes the electrical driving device to expand the second doorupward toward the third position or retract the second door downwardtoward the fourth position.
 25. The instant bathing equipment as claimedin claim 24, wherein the electrical driving device is a driving motorfixed to one side of a top end of the second door; the bathtub includesthe engaging element to mesh with the driving motor so that the drivingmotor is started to move along the engaging element vertically to expendand retract the second door longitudinally.
 26. The instant bathingequipment as claimed in claim 25, wherein the isolating means furtherincludes the control device to start or stop the driving motor.
 27. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 26, wherein the controldevice is electrically connected with a touch switch of the electricaldriving device.
 28. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim26, wherein the control device is a remote switch.
 29. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 26, wherein the control device isa sound-controlling switch.
 30. The instant bathing equipment as claimedin claim 23, wherein the second door includes a releasing doorway openedtoward the store space to form an outlet so that one part of water inthe store space flows to the washing chamber, so as to release a flowingimpact on body.
 31. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim30, wherein the releasing doorway is closed when the second door isexpended to the third position, and the outlet generates when thereleasing doorway is retracted to the fourth position with the seconddoor to be rotated axially.
 32. The instant bathing equipment as claimedin claim 3, wherein the second door is designed in a foldable type, andone side of the second door is fixed to the opening, another sidethereof is expended to the third position or retracted to the fourthposition laterally.
 33. The instant bathing equipment as claimed inclaim 3, wherein the one side of the second door is rotated axially tothe third and the fourth positions.
 34. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 3, wherein the bathtub further includes the side walland the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathingroom, the second door moves along the inner side of the side wall andthe bottom wall flexibly toward the third and the fourth positions. 35.The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bathtubfurther includes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with theside wall to define the bathing room, the second door moves along theouter side of the side wall and the bottom wall flexibly toward thethird and the fourth positions.
 36. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 3, wherein the bathtub further includes the side walland the bottom wall connected with the side wall to define the bathingroom, the second door moves along the two ends of the inner side of theside wall and the bottom wall on two opposites of an isolating portionflexibly toward the third and the fourth positions.
 37. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bathtub furtherincludes the side wall and the bottom wall connected with the side wallto define the bathing room, the second door moves along the outer sideof the side wall and the bottom wall on the two opposites of theisolating portion flexibly toward the third and the fourth positions.38. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 3, wherein thesecond door is manually operated to move between the third and thefourth positions.
 39. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim3, wherein the isolating means further includes the electrical drivingdevice to drive the second door to move between the third and the fourthpositions.
 40. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 39,wherein the isolating means further includes the control device to startor stop the electrical driving means.
 41. The instant bathing equipmentas claimed in claim 40, wherein the control device is electricallyconnected to a touch switch of the electrical driving device.
 42. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 40, wherein the controldevice is a remote switch.
 43. The instant bathing equipment as claimedin claim 40, wherein the control device is a sound-controlling switch.44. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein thecontrolling means includes the opening communicating with the bathingroom and the first door disposed in the opening, the first door isoperated to move between the first and the second positions; when thefirst door is located at the first position, the opening is sealed toclose the entrance, and when the first door is located at the secondposition, the opening is opened to generate the entrance; the isolatingmeans includes the second door mounted in the bathing room, the seconddoor is operated to move between the third and the fourth positions;when the second door is located at the third position, the bathing roomis separated to form the store space and the washing chamber; and whenthe second door is located at the fourth position, the store space andthe washing chamber are released to communicate with each other.
 45. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 44, wherein the first andsecond doors are comprised of one portions of the two opposite ends of asharing door proximate to two opposite first and second ends, and thefirst door and the second door face to each other; when the first dooris located at the first location, the second door is located at thefourth location; as the first door moves a predetermined height downwardto the second position, the second door moves the same height to thethird location until the first door is located at the second positionand the second door is located at the third position, such that a crosssectional area of the washing chamber is more than or equal to that ofthe store space.
 46. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim45, wherein the sharing door is operated manually to move.
 47. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 45, wherein thecontrolling means and the isolating means further include the electricaldriving device to actuate the sharing door to move.
 48. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 47, wherein the controlling meansand the isolating means further include the control device to start orstop the electrical driving device.
 49. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 44, wherein the first door and the second door movealong an annular path which is defined by moving the sharing door alongthe opening, the bathing room, and the side wall; when two ends of thesharing door are located at the side wall, the first door is located atthe second location and the second door is located at the thirdlocation; when the two ends of the sharing door are located in the sidewall at two sides of the bathing room, the first door is located at thefirst position and the second door is located at the fourth location;when the two ends of the sharing door are located at two sides of theside wall on one side of the opening, the first door is located at thefirst position and the second door is located at the third position. 50.The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 49, wherein thesharing door is operated manually to move.
 51. The instant bathingequipment as claimed in claim 49, wherein the controlling means and theisolating means further include the electrical driving device to actuatethe sharing door to move.
 52. The instant bathing equipment as claimedin claim 51, wherein the controlling means and the isolating meansfurther include the control device to start or stop the electricaldriving device.
 53. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 1,wherein the bathtub includes a raised saddle to be sat by a userdisposed on a top surface of the bottom wall.
 54. An instant bathingequipment comprising a bathtub having a bathing room; a controllingmeans including an opening communicating with the bathing room and afirst door disposed in the opening, the first door being operated tomove between a first and a second positions; when the first door islocated at the second position, the opening is opened to form anentrance; when the first door is located at the first position, theopening is sealed to close the entrance; an isolating means including asecond door mounted in the bathing room, the second door being operatedto move between a third and a fourth positions; when the second door islocated at the third position, the bathing room is separated to form astore space and a washing chamber; and when the second door is locatedat the fourth position, the store space and the washing chamber arereleased to communicate with each other, wherein the first and thesecond doors are comprised of a flexible sharing door.
 55. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 54, wherein the first and seconddoors are comprised of one portions of the two opposite ends of asharing door proximate to two opposite first and second ends, and thefirst door and the second door face to each other; when the first dooris located at the first location, the second door is located at thefourth location; as the first door moves a predetermined height downwardto the second position, the second door moves the same height to thethird location until the first door is located at the second positionand the second door is located at the third position, such that a crosssectional area of the bathing room is more than or equal to that of thestore space.
 56. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 55,wherein the sharing door is operated manually to move.
 57. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 55, wherein the controlling meansand the isolating means further include an electrical driving device toactuate the sharing door to move.
 58. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 57, wherein the controlling means and the isolatingmeans further include a control device to start or stop the electricaldriving device.
 59. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim54, wherein the first door and the second door move along an annularpath which is defined by moving the sharing door along the opening, thebathing room, and the side wall; when the sharing door is moved to thebathing room and the side wall on two sides of the opening, the firstdoor is located at the second position and the second door is located atthe third position; when the sharing door moves to the opening and aninner side of the side wall on the two sides of the opening, the firstdoor is located at the first position and the second door is located atthe fourth position; when the two ends of the sharing door are locatedat two sides of the side wall on one side of the opening, the first dooris located at the first position and the second door is located at thethird position.
 60. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim59, wherein the sharing door is operated manually to move.
 61. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 59, wherein thecontrolling means and the isolating means further include an electricaldriving device to actuate the sharing door to move.
 62. The instantbathing equipment as claimed in claim 61, wherein the controlling meansand the isolating means further include a control device to start orstop the electrical driving device.
 63. An operating method of instantbathing equipment comprising a. separating a bathing room of a bathtubto a store space and a washing chamber, wherein the bathing room is incommunication with an entrance allowing to be opened and closed to makea user enter; b. feeding water to a predetermined level in the storespace; c. keeping the entrance open so that the user enters the openedentrance and then closes the entrance; d. closing the entrance orreleasing the separated bathing room to communicate the store space andthe washing chamber with each other so as to flow the water in the storespace to the washing chamber, such that the bathing room is filled withwater in a short time.
 64. The instant bathing equipment as claimed inclaim 63, wherein the entrance is disposed at a predetermined positionof the bathtub relative to a side wall of the bathing room.
 65. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 63, wherein the entranceis opened and closed by moving a first door.
 66. The instant bathingequipment as claimed in claim 63, wherein the store space and thebathing room are separated apart from and communicated with each otherby moving a second door.
 67. The instant bathing equipment as claimed inclaim 65, wherein the first door is moved by manual operation.
 68. Theinstant bathing equipment as claimed in claim 66, wherein the seconddoor is moved by manual operation.
 69. The instant bathing equipment asclaimed in claim 65, wherein the first door is moved by using anelectrical driving device.
 70. The instant bathing equipment as claimedin claim 66, wherein the second door is moved by using an electricaldriving device.
 71. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim69, wherein the electrical driving device is started or stopped by usinga control device.
 72. The instant bathing equipment as claimed in claim70, wherein the electrical driving device is started or stopped by usinga control device.